This is the news section of my site where you can read about my latest tours, tricks and anything else that I reckon is newsworthy. Just click on the heading or full story links to get the lowdown on what's been happening in the world of Joel Balchin.
 PNG FMX - 18 November 2008

PNG- In August 2008 I went overseas to Papua New Guinea to ride FMX at the local Morobe show. I travelled and rode with a good friend Leigh Harriman. This was my first time to PNG and I have to say it was a real eye opener! Harriman who w ... full story »

 Crusty magazine Issue #1 - 23 February 2008

The first issue of Crusty magazine is now on sale and it has turned out to be a really good first issue! I have been spending a lot of time in the office since I took on the role of editor at large of the magazine. This as well as starting ... full story »

 Crusty – The Magazine, press realease. - 14 December 2007

After their record breaking Unleash Hell tour of 2007, to an audience of over 350,000 people, is our pleasure to announce the launch the official Crusty magazine, the bimonthly glossy page publication hitting all good newsstands in Februa ... full story »

 Re signed with Suzuki for 2008 - 20 November 2007

Suzuki has been a big part of my success in the sport of FMX in the past few years. I would like to announce that I have re signed with Suzuki for 2008. Their continued support will help me go even bigger next year. ... full story »

 UK Media Launch a great success. - 14 November 2007

Recently I returned from the UK after finishing the media launch for out up coming UK tour. Luke smith and I performed demos for the media in front of some of the most well known land marks throughout England and Ireland. Site like London’s ... full story »

 Crusty Unleash Hell Tour. - 19 June 2007

The Crusty Demons Unleashed Hell on the capitol cities of Australia once again in 2007 and after a two year break since the 10th anniversary tour, crusty fans witnessed freestyle motocross at its finest! It felt like for ever since we ... full story »

 Crusty West Coast Carnage Tour 2007. - 05 June 2007

Crusty West Coast Carnage Tour. Crusty Demons of dirt in 2007 returned to its original stomping grounds in OZ when it returned to Western Australia, the place where the very first Australian Crusty show was performed back in 1998. The sh ... full story »

 Finished portrait, Archibald. - 08 May 2007

Well it’s been a long time coming and due to me being a bit slack it’s taken a little longer than usual for me to post up a picture the finished product of the portrait my father painted of me for the Archibald portrait prize. So here it is ... full story »

 ESPN, Dubai X Games. - 14 December 2006

Jagshemash! Well it’s been a couple of weeks since I have posted up some news for you all and ill just start by saying its been a hectic couple of weeks and it’s been hard trying to find the time to tell you what I have been up to. So ... full story »

 World Freestyle Motocross Australasian Championships - 02 November 2006

Rush Sports and Events International, the global promoters of the Crusty Demons live shows, have announced the inaugural Australasian Freestyle Motocross Championships. The Rush subsidiary, World Freestyle Motocross (WFMX) will conduct t ... full story »

 Melbourne Motorcycle Expo, Round 2 of the pro tour. - 13 October 2006

Melbourne Motorcycle Expo After the first round of the pro tour decided up in QLD it was time to head down to Victoria for Round 2 at the Melbourne Motorcycle Expo. The expo was a great place to hold round 2 to in my opinion. Firstly the ... full story »

 King of the Coast, The low down. - 09 October 2006

Well this year KOTC had probably one of its best line ups in its 4 year history and despite the organization of this years event being probably the worst organized I have competed at, with practice seeing up to 20 riders on the course at on ... full story »

 Blackduck Valley - 11 September 2006

Blackduck Valley Since I was up in QLD for the mini bike Australian titles I thought I would make a trip of it and stay up for a few weeks prior to King of the coast and get some practice time with Harry and Schuie. So I headed up to ... full story »

 The last leg of my USA trip. - 14 August 2006

Heading out to the desert, with only a few days left in the states we plan to head over to Palm Desert to catch up with Jon Freeman and Jon Guetter. Half way through the mountains we decide this might be a good opportunity to see what t ... full story »

 X Games 12 FMX. - 12 August 2006

The freestyle motocross was on the Sunday and the venue was Home Depot. The course wasn’t as technical as some of the ones seen previously but defiantly wasn’t easy on any scale. Among many dirt hits and kickers set up at different gaps ... full story »

 X Games 12 Best trick. - 10 August 2006

I just returned from X Games 12 yesterday and after seeing some of the best riding we are likely to see for a while I thought I better give you my story of how it all went down. So after injuring my foot and not being able to stick to my ... full story »

 Freestyle at the Motocross - 23 July 2006

G day, Last weekend I traveled up to the Sunshine coast to do a freestyle show at the last round of the Australian Motocross titles in Coolum. The show went pretty well considering this was my first ride back after I had injured my an ... full story »

 Flipped my second dirt hit - 02 July 2006

Last Saturday I took a drive up to sunny Newcastle for a ride with latest crusty team mate Chuck Norrig Norris, He and Chad Towers have been putting a lot of effort into their compound up in Newcastle and have come up with a nice selecti ... full story »

 Freerider issue 34 Dec/Jan 06. - 01 November 2005

Issue 34 Dec/Jan 06 was my first Freerider cover shot. This shot of a back flip nac nac was taken by Peto at King of the coast 05 where I placed 3rd. This was my first competition riding for shift and Suzuki. JB ... full story »